I like Flat Pedals and Kick Stands and riding in a dress.

March 18, 2012

A difference of Opinion

I continue to be amazed by the so called bike advocates in this town who fight against bike accomodations like bike lanes and a bike share system. It is no wonder the city is kind of slow in their implementation of bike stuff, they are gun shy. This fall the city started installing bike shelters - nice covered bike rack areas and then suddenly some bike riders are crapping their pants that they cost too much! The city has also installed many miles of sharrows and they can't catch a break - half the people say sharrows suck and are not good enough - we MUST have bike lanes. The other half hate them because they believe it makes car drivers think that a bicyclist is ONLY allowed to ride on streets that have the bike markings.

We are up for the bikes belong Green Lanes Project and I really hope they choose Columbus. If any city could benefit from having some PROFESSIONAL and unbiased guidance - it is this place! What a challenge we will be. Part of the problem here is that you have hundreds of bike advocates with different ideas of what it is going to take to make the city better for bike riders. I am pretty convinced that a handful of them have NO interest in getting more people out there to join them, they just want to make it better for the brave people that already ride. They really don't want to deal with the mainstream people that would join the roads if it really was a more bike friendly city.

Here is the video from the Green Lanes project. Man oh Man I hope they pick us, then get ready for the hardest work ahead - getting this disparate group of passionate advocates to actualy start pedaling together in a constructive, productive direction.